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Human-Centered AI presents a practitioner panel to explore the current reality of AI adoption. Most conversations about AI at work focus on the tools — which model, which use case, which workflow. This one focuses on the people.

When AI shows up on a team, the tools are usually the easy part. The hard part is everything around them: who uses it visibly and who hides it, what happens to a junior engineer's growth when they have a senior-in-a-box on call, how managers calibrate trust in work that was partly machine-generated, how teams tell the difference between using AI to think harder and using it as the easy button.

We've gathered four mid-level managers from Denver-area teams to talk honestly about what they're seeing. Status threats and the social cost of using AI too visibly — or not enough. Junior-senior dynamics shifting under their feet. Resistance on one side of the team, over-enthusiasm on the other, and the work of holding both. How to cultivate discernment in people who are being told the machine has the answer.

The panelists are managers in the seat, not consultants with a framework. Expect specifics, expect disagreement, expect the conversation to land somewhere none of us planned.

45-minute panel, then open Q&A. Come with your own situation in mind.

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About the Human-Centered AI group:

Navigate AI's Impact — Without the Hype
For busy software and product leaders, staying ahead of AI means more than chasing tools. Our monthly AI Special Interest Group cuts through the noise to explore what actually matters: how AI is reshaping collaboration, product strategy, leadership, and organizational change.

This isn't a technical meetup. We skip the algorithms and implementation details to focus on the human systems that determine whether AI adoption succeeds or fails — collaborative learning, strategic thinking, ethical design, cross-functional alignment, and adaptive leadership.

What to expect: Each session features an expert speaker, small-group discussions, and practical takeaways you can use immediately.
Connect with experienced peers who share your challenges. Leave with new ways to think, not just tools to buy. Build the confidence to lead responsibly through uncertainty.

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